Engaging Students Using Web 2 0 with Mrs

Engaging Students Using Web 2. 0 with Mrs. Hope

What is web 2. 0

Web 1. 0 vs. Web 2. 0 Web 1. 0 Web 2. 0 Reading Writing Companies Communities Client-server Peer to peer Reader Publisher View Producer Consumer Influencer Surfer Webmaster One-Way Exchange Owning Sharing Dial-up broadband

• Web 2. 0 allows students to create their own content, and develop sophisticated projects, without requiring any technical knowledge. • Web 2. 0 tools encourage collaboration among students, and are easy to incorporate into teaching. • You can transform your classroom Why use Web 2. 0 Tools in the Classroom?

With so many out there how do I determine which one to use? • Know exactly what you want it to do • Before you introduce a tool to your class, try it out yourself • Can I get it to work with ease • Does it do everything it promised • Will students get distracted as they work through the steps required to complete the assignment • Talk to other teachers that may have used it • Ask your Technology Specialist

Voki is a free service that lets you: • Create customized avatars • Add voice to your Voki avatars • Post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile. • Take advantage of Voki’s learning resources.

• Use your Avatar as a “Substitute” • Get Students to Create Interactive Avatars • Assign a Virtual Presentation • Create Avatars based on Lesson • http: //www. voki. com/ Uses for Voki

Socrative Engage the class using any device on any browser. Socrative is a smart response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, tablets, or desktop computers.

Uses for Socrative In the Classroom • Use Socrative to gather anonymous questions and answers. • Administer short quizzes • Host a Space Race in your classroom • True or False Questions • Multiple Choice Questions • Visual Data • Exit Ticket • Pre-Assessment • Post-Assessment • Reflection • Collect Background Knowledge • Quick check for understanding • http: //www. socrative. com/

Live. Binder • A 3 -ring binder for the web • Free web-based service that allows you to create virtual binders on any topic using a variety of media such as video, PDFs, web pages, text, and images • You can organize binders by creating shelves • Search through Live. Binders to see what other educators have created and add it to your binder.

• Teacher collaboration for creating common resources for units, research projects, instructional tips, lessons etc. • Professional digital portfolio • Use to assemble all of the requirements students will need to complete a project (rubrics, timeline, resources, objectives, assignments etc) • Create a collection of online materials for lessons and units Mrs. Hope how can I use Livebinders in my classroom?

• Organize information and resources during the research process • Create student study guides with tabs/sub-tabs for each unit • A social bookmarking tool to add websites to a binder with one click. http: //www. livebinders. com/

Todays. Meet is a good way to have a quick conversation in a relatively quiet place. Todays. Meet gives you an isolated room where you can see only what you need to see and your audience doesn’t need to learn any new tools like hash tags to keep everything together.

• Use Todays. Meet to support lectures • Use Todays. Meet while watching videos in the classroom • Using Todays. Meet to collect anonymously questions and comments How can I use this in my class?